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NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
The area extends to 3,014 acres. Public open spaces occupy 245½
acres, and 54 acres have recently been purchased for an extension of the
Downhills Recreation Ground. Approximately 10 acres, 2 roods are
under water. The areas under water include Reservoirs, the Lee and its
tributaries—Moselle Brook, Stonebridge Brook and Pymmes Brook.
About 200 acres are still available for building and other purposes.
It has been pointed out in the foreword of the Report that nearly 3,000
families are awaiting housing accommodation in Tottenham. On the
reckoning that there should not be more than 12 houses to the acre, it
will be seen that to house adequately the inhabitants of the District,
acreage is not available in the District, even supposing all the disposable
land were utilised for housing purposes.
Population.
The 1921 census population was returned by the Registrar-General
at 146,711.
The census figure of 1921 distributed equally over the whole District
gives the average number of persons per inhabited house at 6.08, and
per tenement 3.04. By this system of calculation, the Treasurer has
deduced that the population at midsummer, 1925, was 156,700. The
Registrar-General estimates by a different process that the midsummer
population of Tottenham was 153,600. As in previous years, the vital
statistical tables for this Report are based on the assumption that the
Treasurer's figures are approximately correct.